After an atrocious start as a 3-point shooter, Lonzo Ball bounced back in a big way starting at the beginning of December. Despite a pair of injuries that sidelined him for 21 games, Ball still managed to knock down 46-112 (41.1%) of those attempts, culminating in a career-high 6 triples in a comeback win over […]
Laker Film Room
Silence is Golden, Nuggets
Both Denver Nuggets players and bloggers alike have been yearning for the Los Angeles Lakers’ attention since their recent 125-116 victory in Denver, where Jamal Murray ruffled feathers with late game antics for the second time this season. On Tuesday night they got what they craved, in the form of a pair of 26-point, 13-rebound […]
Lonzo Ball Leads 4th Quarter Comeback
A funny thing happened at the end of this 3-1 road trip. It somehow found a way to make itself a little bit better, as the Lakers went undefeated on a 4+ game road trip for the first time since the magical 2008-2009 season. Led by one Lonzo Ball dagger after another, the Lakers erased […]
The Lakers’ Improvement in Transition
The Los Angeles Lakers have made a notable improvement on the offensive end, averaging 120.3 points per game in their last 7 contests, including a 131-113 blowout of the Miami Heat on Thursday night. In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look a closer look at this stretch to see how the […]
Brandon Ingram as a Point Guard
Brandon Ingram took the reins as the starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers on February 2nd, as they were visiting the Brooklyn Nets. Tyler Ennis had just completed a particularly ineffectual stint in that role, prompting Luke Walton to insert Josh Hart into the lineup instead. Not only was Walton looking to improve […]
Lakers Podcast: The Last 25 Games
The blockbuster trade of Jordan Clarkson & Larry Nance Jr. to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and Cleveland’s 2018 first round draft pick has Laker fans wondering exactly what their team is as they emerge from the all-star break. After a fantastic 12-4 stretch, the Lakers are 0-3 in the Isaiah Thomas […]
How Isaiah Thomas Fits In With the Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers made arguably the most significant move of the trade deadline, swapping Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance, Jr. in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and Cleveland’s first round draft pick in 2018. This trade was representative of the significantly diminished perception of Thomas, who just last season finished 5th in MVP […]
Lakers Grind Out a Win In Brooklyn
In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at Brandon Ingram’s frenetic pace at the point guard position, how he thrived off of the ball in the first half, and how a steady diet of ball screens made his life difficult in the second half. I also review Josh Hart’s bounce-back game […]
Brandon Ingram and The Path
There are very few things that Brandon Ingram can’t do on a basketball court, and the list of players who’ve possessed his combination of agility and wingspan is short. These attributes, combined with his youth and sterling work ethic, make him the NBA’s Mirror of Erised. It’s easy to look at him and see exactly […]
Lakers Playbook: Chest Series
In this installment of Laker Film Room, I take a look at one of the most common sets in the Lakers playbook, Chest Series. Luke Walton builds off of an action that Steve Kerr runs with Golden State and applies it to the young Lakers, accentuating Kyle Kuzma’s diverse repertoire as a scorer, Jordan Clarkson’s […]